GOP Convention Concerns: Pidgeon feces and the Homeless

It's gonna take more than "shock strips" to keep the crap out of there!

"Viewed through the loving gaze of the television cameras, the modern Presidential Convention appears to be a riveting pageant of our democratic process. But at street level in the host city, it can mean traffic snarls, close encounters with dubiously dressed delegates, and an ever-shifting array of public restrictions and clampdowns. According to this morning's Washington Examiner, an unusual matter tops the list of concerns for the upcoming Republican National Convention in Saint Paul, Minnesota: specious species and their feces: For the upcoming Republican National Convention, the biggest pests aren't just the area Democrats, it's the area's pigeons, too.

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"We are currently baiting the pigeons with an automatic feeder," Bill Stephenson, an animal control supervisor for the city, told Yeas & Nays. (But we thought Republicans just doled out tax breaks to keep everyone quiet and docile?)

"It dispenses about half a pound of cracked corn to condition the pigeons to take the bait at a certain time," Stephenson said. "After we get around six to 12 pigeons coming to the feeder, we will mix an oral contraceptive in with the corn. We plan on doing this for the next six to nine months until winter sets in and the birds begin to disappear." Pro-contraceptive Republicans?

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"They go on to report that Saint Paul officials will be taking a cue from the Bush administration's affection for extrajudicial interrogation techniques, placing "shock strips" on the city's many skyways to keep the pigeons away.

"Of additional concern is the presence of the Dorothy Day Center, one of the city's largest shelters for the homeless, which is right across the street from the Xcel Energy Center, which will be serving as the convention venue. Back in 2004, the Village Voice followed two outreach workers from New York City's Partnership for the Homeless as they searched for the familiar faces they were used to providing assistance to, many of whom had "disappeared" in the weeks leading up to the GOP Convention."


http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/06/19/gop-convention-concerns-i_n_108096.html

:wtf:

I would hate for all the efforts of training birds to crap somewhere else to be wasted. :rofl:

Seriously? The arena will be filled to the rim with bullshit. I doubt the birdshit outside will be much of a problem.

but concentrated urine. Birds can't drink the amount of water they would need to produce urine (they would never get off the ground due to the weight) so they produce concentrated ureac acid instead.

I like the idea of Dems feeding the poor little pidgeons to produce more of the same.

And across the street from a homless shelter, of all things!

Dayam, it's hard being a Republican these days.

the citizens of St.Paul can cope with the pidgeon poo but the RNC can't?

Wow-

what a statement.

Never mind that they should have to come face to face with the people they choose not to believe exist, or if they do- matter.

:nuke:


peace~

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